linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ubsan: disable UBSAN_DIV

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Date:   Thu, 14 Jul 2022 14:48:37 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>, Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>,
        "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        clang-built-linux <llvm@...ts.linux.dev>,
        Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ubsan: disable UBSAN_DIV_ZERO for clang

On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 2:38 PM Nick Desaulniers
<ndesaulniers@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> int do_div (int dividend, int divisor) {
>   return dividend / divisor;
> }
>
> has UB should divisor ever be zero, not much different from:

So?

What about the million other '/' in the kernel?

Adding one check to 'do_div()' is just stupid. It's like using a
bottle-cap as an umbrella.

Nick, that's the whole _point_ of having compiler support for things
like this - automation. Because doing them manually one at a time is
just completely broken and stupid.

                Linus